HNB changed overnight with the enormous influx of Afghan refugees in August 2021, increasing five-fold from about six families a month to 40. They are newly resettled refugees, SIVs (special immigrant visa holders), and asylum seekers, mostly from Afghanistan but some from El Salvador, Myanmar, and Ethiopia. A government stipend of $1250 per individual helps, but without assistance the average family of four would spend half its funds on basic household needs. HNB provides all required furnishings and household items – along with extras like rugs, pictures, small appliances, and toys that help make an apartment a home. A program for refugee artisans pays them to make items for home set-ups (a win-win) and a special fund offers financial support for the training or mentoring that will help turn a job into a career. Partners call it all “the HNB touch.”
Headquarters: MD-Prince George's County
Where They Operate: DC-Citywide
Age Groups Served: All
Population(s) Served: Immigrants/Refugees
Awards & Recognition
State Farm Neighborhood Assist Award (2022)
Catalogue for Philanthropy Community Choice Award (2022)
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) gave HNB an award “in recognition of outstanding and compassionate service supporting the Afghan Placement and Assistance Program.” (2022)
Press
- Homes Not Borders Turns Refugee Housing Into Homes
Thu Nov 17 2022, Now this News
- 'I Want to Make a Good Life Here': Afghan Nationals Who Fled After Country's Downfall, Struggle to Find Place in American Life
Tue Sep 13 2022, CBN News
- 'We had to leave everything behind' | Groups helping Afghan refugees build new homes
Tue Nov 2 2021, WUSA9
- Small nonprofits helping resettle Afghan evacuees say they need more foundation and government support
Sun Oct 10 2021, Washington Post
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